Milk-bottle lock



July 31, 1928. I

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Inventor Z. Y. Milan/2y- Attornqy Patented July 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAYTON S- EALLOWAY, or ALBANY, OREGON.

'MILK'-BOTTLE LOCK.

i Application filed August 23,1927. Serial No. 214,868.

' -for supporting and retaining a-mi'lki bottle in place.-

The-alleged noveltyis based upomthenmproved I details and their relative arrangement, and particularly, means j for suspending andretainingthe bottlesin place in a manner to =frustrate removal by unauthorized persons. a The details will becomeimoreireadily apparent-from the following detailed descrip- 7 tion and concluding claims.

In the drawings Figure 1-is a bottom'pers holder constructed inacco vention.

' Figure 2 is a-topiplaniview with thecover removed.

Figure 3 is a-central-vlongitudinal section through the structure. I

Figures 4 and 5am enlarged cross sectional views taken approximately on thepla'nes .of the lines and 5.'5wrespectively of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawingstby reference numerals it .will be observed that the box is generally designated by the reference character 6.1 This is ofv generalirectangular configuration and as before stated is 1 closed at its top,;by, a removable cover-plate 7 being provided for coverage. A raised bottom-8 isprovided in the rboxlandithisis formed adj acentits oppositeends with elongated openings'9 and l0,respectively. {These openingsare of general ovateconfiguration ,as. shown better in-Figure 1.

Rigidly mounted-in the box is a-horizontal partition plate v10 which is provided above the. openings 9 with complemental slots-,ll

ance; with the inand :.12,-respectively. Itwill be notedthat I the outer end portions of'theseslots 11 and 12 are enlarged and are of circular configuration, being formed on their marginal ectiveview of a edges .with radiating notches 13 forming keeper seats. The restricted end portions. of these slots 11 are disposed toward each other as indicatedin Figure 2. Struck v up from the partition plates near the margins are tongues 14 bent to form guides v for a slide 15. The slide is formed with'circular bottleneck-receiving holes'16 and 17,.respectively. -The holes are of a diameter to permit free passage of the bottle neck upwardly therethrough. Struck up around the mar- 'gi-nal portions of the holes17 are small tongues 18; arranged in pairs to vprovide pivotal moilntingsifor a plurality of radially dis- ;posed latches 19. The latches are of the configurationreprestened plainly in Figures :14 and 5, the base portionsv being; rounded and adapted to work through the aforesaid keep- .er, notches, or seats 13. :Incidentallythese latches are so pivoted that they gravitate automatically to locking position which porsition is shown in Figures 3 and 5. :HOW-

ever, they arecapable of beingswung upwardlyto'the position represented in Fig ure 4 which is releasing position. -This mustbe done ,withrthe use of a bottle however. In connection "with the hole 16 it will be Observed; that an arch20is located ..over this, this arch carrying a back member 21 which is inturnwprovided with ahmultiplicity of depending pins orspurs 22 which I extend down through the opening tothe point represented in Figure 3. The backing member 21 is held in-place by andelongated bolt 23, which extends down and (beyond the points of the stockand guard.

pin: to r serve. as a;

The device is, used as follows :-Assuming that theslide- 15 is in the position represented .in Figures 2 and 3, for instance, it

will be seen that the latches 19 surrounding thelhole 16 are in elevated position, while those surrounding the hole.17 are in depending locking position. Inother words; the rounded base portions of the latches are then dropped, down into the keeper seatsl3. As

it: is now desired to insert affullbottle of milk, the milkman simply places the bottle upwardly through the opening .10 at the right rof the'base. plate 8. As it isvelevated the bead at the top strikes the depending end portions of the latches and serves to swing them upwardly to the position shown in Figure 4 whereupon the slide is released and can be shifted over to the left. At this time the bottle neck is extending through the hole 17 as well as the enlarged portion of the slot 12. However, by exerting suflicient force the bottle together with its slide are shifted over to the left, bringing the bottle neck to the restricted portion of the slot 12 whereupon it is retained against displacement. At the same timethebottle is received in this restricted portion, the latches surrounding the opening 16 have become alined with the keeper seats 13 in the enlarged portion of the slot 11. Hence it may drop by gravity down into locking position, serving to hold the bottle against removal. Of course, to take the bottleout it. is necessary for the housewife to take an empty bottle and insert it upwardly through the opening 9, thence through the slot 12 and the opening 16. This raises the latches again and permits the slide to be shifted to the original position for reception of a full bottle. Incidentally the deepening pins 22 tend to prevent persons from placing the fingers upwardly to lift the latches and to shift the plate in an unauthorized manner to remove the full bottle of milk. It will be noted however that the bolt 23 serves to stop in the engagement member so that if an empty bottle with a cap on it is inadvertently inserted, it will strike this bolt and thus force the cap into the bottle and prevent cap from sticking to sharp prongs 22. The full bottle is always on the right therefore no guard is necessary on that end. The projection 23 referred to as a bolt also acts as a guard in protecting sharp prongs 22 in case an attempt to open the lock with a stick is made. In dotted lines in Figure 3 I have shown how an empty bottle is arranged in place for removal by the milkman after he has placed a full bottle in the.

opposite end of the structure and shifted to slide as before described.

It is thought that by considering the detailed description in connection with the drawings a clear understanding ofthe construction and operation i and efliciency of the device will be had. Therefore, a more lengthy description is believed unnecessary. lVhile the preferred embodiment of the invention has been detailed and specifically described, it is to be understood that minor changes in shape, size, and rearrangement of parts coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is V 1. In a milk bottle lock and holder of the class described, a box having a bottom provided with elongated openings for passage of a milk bottle, a partition plate in said box disposed in spaced parallelism with said bottom and formed with key-hole shaped slots in vertical alinement with said openings to permit a milk bottle to be inserted through the openings and passed upwardly and into the enlarged end portions of the slots and then shifted longitudinally into the restricted portions of the slots whereby it is suspended, and a longitudinally shiftable retaining device on said partition plate cooperable with said slots, said device being :prolyided with holes for passage of the bottle nec 2. In a milk bottle holder of the class described, a box provided with a bottom having elongated openings, a horizontal partition plate in said box disposed in spaced parallelism above said bottom and provided with key-hole shaped slots, said slots in turn being formed with notches providing keeper seats, a slide mounted on said partition plate and provided with openings adapted to suc cessively register with the enlarged and restricted portions of said slots, and pivoted gravity lowere'dlatches carried by said slide and receivable in said keeper seats.

' 3. In a structure of the class described, a closed top box, said box having a bottom provided with longitudinally spaced elongated openings adapted for passageof the neck of a bottle, a horizontal partition plate in said box disposed in vertically spaced parallelism with said bottom, said partition plate having key-hole shaped slots in vertical alinement with said openings, the enlargedend portions of said. box bemg provlded with marginal clrcumferentially spaced radiating notches forming keeper seats, guides carried by the marginal portions of said partition plate, a slide mounted in said guides, said slide being provided with circular holes adapted to register with provided with' longitudinally spaced elon gated openings adapted for passage of the neck of a bottle, a horizontal partition plate in said box disposed in vertically spaced parallelism witlrsaid bottom, said partition plate having key-hole shaped slots in vertical alinement with said openings, the enlarged end portions of said box being provided with marginal circumferentially spaced radiating notches forming keeper seats, guides carried by the marginal portions of said partition plate, a slide mounted the opposite end portionsin said slots in a in said guides, said slide being provided with said keeper seats, and the free end portions circular holes adapted to reglster with the adapted to swin downwardly through said opposite end portions in said slots in a sucholes and said s ots, and a guard and stop 10 cessive manner, individual latches pivotally device carried b said slide and disposed over mounted around the marginal portions of one of said ho es. 1 the holes in said slide, said latches including In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

arcuate shaped base portions cooperable with DAYTON S. HALLOWAY. 

